The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-01-21
the beneflt OF his h.alun.

w ~ AAtfOhs ViS va WIZ u OhNtA y
OF southern WISCONSIN, well known on
The iench anu n political AMI financial
Gil cles. d.ed AT Racine OH Wednesday
night. ia his seventy-third year.
There is tile doubt that control of
the Dubuque and IS oux CITY road has
been secured by the limos Central.
and that notice of Inc term nation of
the lease Will be gwen OH April l.
Meyer Kaufman. u commission mer-
chant III SL. IL 'uis, is about To request
TIE Uni, ed States to demand $5iOO0
from tie Spaiii h government for his
illegal arrest and deten ion i'll Cuba.
Miss Clara Barton. president or the
Red Cross association. Is about to pro-
coed to Texas. u investigate the ne
cessilies OF the sufl, rrrs from drought,
who are said 10 numD L ty thousand.
The publishers OF General L0gan's
book report tllilL up 10 the date OF his
death they had paid HIM an average of
81 900 per month, ana the sales have
Since increased To Il marvellous degree.
The superior court at Cincinnati has
decided that in its appllca ION TO
wholesale dealers the Dow llqu0r-tax
law is cOnst, tutional. Tie matter will
be appealed by sixty dealers interested.
There are nearly Ourteen hundred
veteran soldiers IN the National home
at Milwaukee. anu hree hundred
more are expected OH the completion
of the barracks III course OF cOnStruc-
ton.
Cholera Is ravagng the towns In
Uruguay ana the Argentine Brpubiic;
hundreds Of deaths occurring daily.
Loaded vessels off Buen0s Ayres are
not allowed TO communicate with the
shore.
The governor general of Canada is
said TO be searching in Montreal for g.
su table building tn remodel INTO q
vlce-regal court, 10 be occupied when
ever Parliament is not III sess on at
Ottawa.
Employees of three IRON foundries at
Montreal, 10 the number of eleven
nearly all of them beng
knights OF Labor. have struck against
q reduction of 10 per cent. i'll their
wages.
The new city council at Atlanta has
licensed large number OF wlne-rooms.
The organ of the proh'b tionists de-
clares the law failure, and sta es that
whisky and beer are sold about as free
ly as ever. M
Emperor William, in receiving the
president of the Prussian ;landlag. ex.
pressed his chagrin at the defeat Of
the army bill, and voiced the hope that
the measure would be passed in The
near future.
A steamship which left Charleston
for New York carried over one hun.
dred tons or pig-ir0n from Alabama,
This unprecedented shipment is re-
garded as the commencement Of o
great trade.
Three cable-railway strikers at San
francisco have been arrested for caus
ing the dynamite explosions on the
Suffer street road. Rewards of ST. $50
have been offered for the conviction OF
the perpetrators.
An Irish landlord named Rea. who
lately had an annual income of 46.0W
from rentals, has applied for admis.
sion to the wOrkhOuse at Killarney.
being unable to get money from either
trustees or tenants.
The national banks of Chicago have
petitiOned congress 10 be placed on an
equality with New York as a reserve
center, when 25 per cent of their cir
culatiOn and deposit liabilities must be
kept in their vaults.
I. j. Cluverius, who was hanged at
Richmond for the murder OF his cOus.
in, Fannie l.. Madison, died without
making confession. Four men were
at Fort Smith for killing peo.
pie In Indian Territory.
The district attorney of Boston has
filed a bill OF complaint by the govern
ment against the American Bell Tele.
phone company. 1t is essentially the
same as that dismissed ut COlumbus
for lack OF jurisdiction.
The fear entertained in Wall street
that the passage of the interstate COM
merce bill would cause q break in
prices was happily dissipated Satur.
day, when marked advance took
place all along the line.
John M. Wilson was Thursday
hanged at Norristown. Penn, for the
of Anthony w. Dealy three
years ago. The crime had been for
gotten when Wilson made a confession
TO the police Of Chicago.
The Erie Dispatch line is charged
with holding fourteen hundred idle
cars in New England, for use by roads
In that section. IL is believed that the
western lines will soon be compelled 10
against such abuses.
Judge Ayres, Of indianapolis, de.
cided that q lieutenant governor can
only be elected every four years, when
The governor Is chosen. He therefore
enjoined Colonel Robertson from pre-.
siding ut the joint convention.
The rector of Roman Catholic
church at Orange, N. j., has excOm.
Jennie Callahan, who had
been married to a Protestant by q
New York magistrate after the priest
10 perform the ceremony.
Abner Letcher, of Point Pleasant,
w. Va, q lad of Is years, has carried
put his threat to avenge the murder
Of his father by Jason Borden. The
corpse of the latter was found in the
woods where the boy was hunting.
A bill has been introduced in the
legislature Of Texas requiring railroads
TO give thirty days. notice Of the dis
charge OF employees or reduction of
their wages and also requiring labor
3rs to give months notice of a strike.
The win er carnival opened Monday
1t st. Paul. The city was illuminated,
and several thousand persons appeared
in the streets in variegaled costumes.
Lieutenant Schwatka has promised TO
act as the avant-cOurier of King Bore
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